Hyperbole An exaggeration or over statement. Ex: If he doesn't shut up I'll shoot myself. Alliteration The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. Ex: Sam silently sat on seven slippery stools. Rhythm & Rhyme A pattern of words that contain similar sounds. Ex: Ryan is awesome; cooler than a possum Metaphor The comparison of two unlike things. Ex: Juliet is the sun Analogythe comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Ex: Cold is to ice as Ryan is to awesome. Repetition Personification Giving human qualities to an animal or object. Ex. The trees danced in the wind.
Allusiona brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Ex. Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible Oxymoronis putting two contradictory words together. Ex. Seriously joking Euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener. Ex. He kicked the bucket Imagery Irony Malapropism Onomatopoeia Satire SImile Symbol Theme
Alliteration The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. Ex: Sam silently sat on seven slippery stools.
Rhythm & Rhyme A pattern of words that contain similar sounds. Ex: Ryan is awesome; cooler than a possum
Metaphor The comparison of two unlike things. Ex: Juliet is the sun
Analogy the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Ex: Cold is to ice as Ryan is to awesome.
Repetition
Personification Giving human qualities to an animal or object. Ex. The trees danced in the wind.
Allusion a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Ex. Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible
Oxymoron is putting two contradictory words together. Ex. Seriously joking
Euphemism the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener. Ex. He kicked the bucket
Imagery
Irony
Malapropism
Onomatopoeia
Satire
SImile
Symbol
Theme